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Reuters’ Manuel Mogato Receives Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
A FILIPINO journalist is one of the recipients of this year’s Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for his reporting on the killings in the Duterte administration’s “war” on drugs.... Read more
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Nestor Mata, 92
VETERAN JOURNALIST Nestor Mata passed away last April 12. He was 92. Mata’s career in journalism spanned six decades. He began writing at the age of 21 for the... Read more
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Plane-Spotting: Photos to Keep Tabs on China’s Incursion in PH Waters
CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer and GMA-7 for keeping track of the continuing Chinese activity in the West Philippine Sea through photos (See: “Inquirer Photos Cannot Lie”). On... Read more
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Kangaroo Court? Media Supports Attacks on Chief Justice on leave
Chief Justice on leave Maria Lourdes Sereno during the Day of Valor event organized by the Movement Against Tyranny | Photo by Lito Ocampo NEVER MIND the exalted venue,... Read more
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Premature release of Report on Dengvaxia: Media complies with political agenda
Screengrab from Inquirer.net. THE POLICY controversy triggered by Dengvaxia continues to stir more political heat as news covered the release of a draft of the report prepared by the... Read more
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Report on Loose Firearms in Lanao del Sur: Guns Trivialized and Moros Stereotyped
Screengrab from Facebook page of Inquirer. JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for a story which confined gun proliferation to Moros and a headline which trivialized the serious... Read more
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The DOT Accreditation System: A Form of Prior Restraint
THE DEPARTMENT of Tourism (DOT), through its recently issued Media Accreditation Guidelines for the coverage of Boracay once it is closed to tourists, is in effect putting in place... Read more
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Approval Ratings: More than just Numbers
IN THE March 2018 SWS survey, the president retained his “very good” net satisfaction rating despite dipping two points from his December 2017 mark. Most news reports highlighted... Read more
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Media on Sereno’s Trials: Missing the Larger Crisis
IN THE last month, the threat to remove Maria Lourdes Sereno as the Philippines’ Chief Justice of the Supreme Court stirred up even more controversy. On March 1,... Read more
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Understanding K-12: Not Black or White
THE K-12 program added 2 years to the basic education system, opening Senior High School (SHS). The Department of Education (DepEd) designed the SHS program to produce graduates... Read more